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Venice Hellenic Institute Codex Gr.5. A bilingual ed. very good+ hardcover (cloth-bound), minor signs of age, with very good DJ, defects on cov, & spine as in image, content near fine. TEXT Greek, English. The Greek "Alexander's Novel" was originally written sometime between the 3rd century BC. and 3rd AD century and is a fantastic narrative of the life and achievements of Alexander the Great. The text was extremely popular during the Middle Ages, both in the West and in the Byzantine Empire, and was translated into the major languages of the time. Eighteen manuscripts with the Greek text are preserved, of which the only luxury edition is Codex 5 of the Greek Institute of Venice, a luxurious manuscript containing 193 sheets and 250 images in the majority of the pages. The book is large in size, with pictures (average size 220×160 mm) painted in vivid colors and decorated with gold leaf. (…) Each image is accompanied by an explanatory caption written in red ink so that one can follow the story…
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- Title The Greek Alexander Romance
- Author Pseudo-Callisth
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 440
- Volumes 1
- Language GRC
- Publisher Exandas, Athens
- Date 1997
- ISBN 9789602563366 / 9602563362
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98199752
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The Greek Alexander Romance / ΤΟ ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
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- Bilingual (Greek, English)
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789602563366 / 9602563362
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